The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1887-10-13


/ Cabe Joins them He Defines his Position.
Yesterday the TINES received a dis
pafch from Washington which is else
/ where published, and which announces
| that The United States Supreme Court
/ has granted a writ of h0joQs corpus i'm the
cases of Attorney General Ayers and
/ Messrs. Scott and McCabe, Common
wealth's attorneys Of Fauquier and Lou
doun, respectively, which writ is made
rcturnablc on Monday next The order
of the court granting the application for
/ the writ does n0t release the prisoners.
+ lt merely requires them to bc brought
before the court in Washington ON l ues-
/ dav. and they remain confined ID the jail
until they leave 10 for that city Sunday
nipbt After that it will be determined
whether or not they are legally held ny
/ Judge Bond for contempt OF cOull.
IN GOOD SPIRITS.
The prisoners in the meantime are not
likely TO suffer for care and attention.
/ The Anorncy-General remarked last
night Chat they had spent the day very
pleasantly Yesterday, and had received a
great many callers Among these were
+ United States Senator Daniel. Judge f.
/ G.. Burks. Judge E. II Filzhugh and
Others. Several ladies also visited the
prisoners I'm their sky parlOr, and Mrs.
Governor Lee sent them a basket Of
flowers. Their friends have all taken
care that they shall want for nothing
/ That can be obtained torender them com
/ Portable. and relieve the ennW incidental
I To- their confinement
MIR. BARBECUE DENIES
Yesterday The TIMES announced that
+ the Attorney General had wired Mr..
/ Barbour TO know il lac had tren correctly
reported in 1913 alleged interview which
mDeared I'm the New York Word, and
+ claimed tO have been with him, which
interview was published in fuii in tins
paper Yesterday morning. Mr. Barbour
/ repiod that he bad not been correctly
rep0ued hut on the contrary ihat he
/ had declined so be interviewed. lestcr-
/ day Mn. Scott received letter from Mr.
F Barbour. emphasizing this denial, and
abiding particularly To- that extract ln
I The pretended interview i'm which 10
referred especially go Mr.. Scott Allei
reading Che letter Nr Scott remarked
that IT was entirely satisfactory To hlm'
JUDGE M'c Hf's POSITION.
judge j. g. McCabe. who was brought
20 the jail from Loudom county Tues
day night. was originally Bcadjuster,
and was appointed TO Office by Mahone.
His arrest on this charge has disglsied
him with Radicalism. and he declares
that henceforth his lot viii be with lhr
Democracy Yesterday he gave out the
I following over bis signature for puhllca-
tion
"AsIin e. discharge of my sworn
duty. have been brought so uninienuon-
ally ON my part into public discussion, J
desire 90 State that shall hereafter be
found in the ranks of the party that is
opposed TO q centralized governments
party under whose teachings it would oe
impossible TO imprison sovereign STATE
in ihe person of her duly constituted or
fcers. Very truly
THE MARSHAL 10 COME AFTER THE
PRISONERS.
The Washington star OF yesterday
says
The writs of h0bl1s corpDs were imme
diatelv issued. and The Marshal of the
Supreme Court will go TO Virginia and
take thc imprisoned officials intocustody
He viii produce them in person before
the United States supreme Court mex
Monday and there tine case viii e tner be
argued and decided at once or q day for
the hearing viii be set and the prisoners
admitted 90 bail.
WHAT MEssRs. GORDON AND MEREDITH
SAY.
Colonel Gordon and Mr. Meredith
counsel for the imprisoned officials, were
very much elated at the pr0mpiness with
which the court acted. ln reply 90 Ques
ton. of ,tn reporter Colonel Gordon
said 81 hardly think She ease viii be
heard next Monday. 4 day for the hear
mg perhaps within then three on four
weeks win be set, and our clients viii be
admitted 20 BAIL They viii, OF course,
then be at liberty pending the hearing
lie scented TO feel DO doubt that the final
decision Will be to release his clients. As
general rule I'm hd5eN c0Ipps eases the
prisoner is only cOnstrucIively brought
before the court but in these cases The
bodies of the persons must be produced.